noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
auxiliary verb
linking verb
modal verb
phrasal verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
finite
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It consists of the notional component of the finite verb and the rest of the message.
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Here, finite verbs will agree in both cases with the superficially plural pronoun.
intransitive
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Similarly, transitive verbs contrast directly with intransitive verbs, but only indirectly with adjectives.
irregular
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Index of language points and of irregular verbs .
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The conjugations of these irregular verbs .
main
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Does Dickens, for example, overstep the limits of grammar in beginning Bleak House with a series of sentences without main verbs ?
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The table visualizing the essentials of the contrast between the modal and main verb uses is reproduced below.
modal
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The table visualizing the essentials of the contrast between the modal and main verb uses is reproduced below.
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No sign of grammar here: no interrogative forms, modal verbs , question tags; no sentence at all.
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The grammatical syllabus concentrates on verb forms, in particular the tense system, and modal verbs.
other
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To is used when the infinitive event is conceived as coming after that of the other verb .
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Independently of any other verb , the bare infinitive here expresses an event as a possibility, a rejected possibility.
phrasal
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Thorough treatment of idioms and phrasal verbs which are so important to advanced level learners.
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Amsler shows that this notion ignores important classes of words such as open nominal compounds, phrasal verbs and idioms.
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One cause for this ambiguity is the specification of the particles that put can occur with to form phrasal verbs .
transitive
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There are 60 grammatical categories specified within this lexicon indicating such properties as transitive verb , plural noun, proper noun etc.
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Similarly, transitive verbs contrast directly with intransitive verbs, but only indirectly with adjectives.
■ NOUN
form
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This would suggest the assignment of one index to derivatives of the verb form and another to those of the noun form.
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They are less than a month into the fall semester and the students are still borrowing the verb forms from the questions.
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Are they distinct forms of the verb or simply variants of a single verb form - the infinitive?
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The passages got longer and longer, the sentence structure and verb forms more complex.
phrase
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Subcategorization for noun phrases and verb phrases of all types. iii.
■ VERB
use
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Three more use the verb legare in a sense which might be similar, although it is less clear.
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Then exclamation marks abound, and she uses verbs in the imperative to heighten the drama of her warning to humanity.
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Put action into your writing Use active verbs wherever possible.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
irregular verb/plural etc
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Index of language points and of irregular verbs.
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The conjugations of these irregular verbs.
weak verb
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Another section is devoted entirely to grammar drills, including the use of prepositions, comparatives, negatives and verb tenses.
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In the next section we will also discuss the loss of a morphological rule that created causative verbs from adjectives.
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It will be noted that these begin with a verb stating the actions students are expected to show.
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Similarly, transitive verbs contrast directly with intransitive verbs, but only indirectly with adjectives.
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The verb in question is a contractible verb, just as in the case of Tag-Controlled Deletion.
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The analysis will also automatically identify all pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions and verb forms in the text.
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The main noun in the subject is boldfaced, the verb is italicised.
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There's a verb to describe these activities in the States: to futz.